TABLE OF CONTENTSTABLE OF CONTENTS

I. The Fifteenth Annual Undergraduate Biology Research Conference List of Undergraduate Presenters and Their Abstracts Abstracts of Posters Presented II. Undergraduate Biology Research Program 2003-2004 Undergraduate Participants and Their Faculty Sponsors Publications Co-Authored by UBRP Participants Posters and Presentations Made at Professional Meetings Recipients of UBRP Travel Awards UBRP Visiting Student Researchers BRAVO! Datablitzes ExTrReMe Seminars

UBRP Seminars UBRP Field Trips and Social Activities III. Donors To the Undergraduate Biology Research Program

IV. Alumni of the Undergraduate Biology Research Program V. Outreach Programs in Biology The Manduca Project Visiting Student Researchers Science Connection

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THE FIFTEENTH ANNUALTHE FIFTEENTH ANNUAL

UNDERGRADUATE BIOLOGY UNDERGRADUATE BIOLOGY RESEARCH RESEARCH

CONFERENCE CONFERENCE

January 24, 2004

15th Annual Undergraduate Biology Research Conference

Life Sciences South Building Saturday, January 24, 2004

8:00 am - 9:00 am Students set up posters Refreshments Room 240 9:00 am - 9:10 am Welcome

9:10 am - 10:10 am Poster Session I 10:10 am – 10:20 am Mini-awards Ceremony for Outreach Programs' Participants * 10:20 am – 11:20 am Poster Session II 11:20 am – 11:40 am Introduction of Keynote Speaker

Keynote Address – “Five Steps John Murphy Arizona is Taking to Achieve Executive Director, Prominence in the Biosciences: The Flinn Foundation

What it Means for You” 11:40 am - 12:40 pm Poster Session III 12:40 pm – 1:00 pm Presentation of Awards to

Undergraduate Presenters

LIST OF UNDERGRADUATE PRESENTERS AND THEIR ABSTRACTS

FIFTEENTH ANNUAL UNDERGRADUATE BIOLOGY RESEARCH CONFERENCE 1. DOES GLIA-DEPENDENT AXON SORTING DETERMINE AXONAL TARGETS IN THE DEVELOPING

OLFACTORY SYSTEM IN Manduca sexta? Mohammed Abdelwahab 2. IRON-DEPENDENT REGULATION OF DUODENAL CYTOCHROME B AT THE TRANSCRIPTIONAL

LEVEL. Shahid Ahmad 3. GROWTH CONE MORPHOLOGY IN THE SORTING ZONE OF THE DEVELOPING OLFACTORY

PATHWAY OF THE MOTH. Lacey Alhandy 4. IS SLEEP APNEA ASSOCIATED WITH A COLLAPSIBLE PHARYNGEAL AIRWAY? Elena Antonio 5. TROJAN ALPHA-TURN-ALPHA-AN HIV TARGETING MOLECULE. Dawn Barnes 6. SURVIVAL OF BACTERIA IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS. Liese Beenken 7. PRENATAL NICOTINE EXPOSURE AFFECTS BREATHING PATTERN AND APNEA INCIDENCE IN

AWAKE NEONATAL RATS. Amanda Brown 8. SYNTHESIS OF NOVEL á-MSH ANALOGUES BASED ON AGOUTI-RELATED PROTEIN SCAFFOLD.

Chris Cabello 9. REGULATION OF p53 NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION. Steven Carey 10. PLACE CELLS, HEAD DIRECTION, AND SPATIAL LEARNING IN THE RAT BRAIN. Amanda Casale 11. CYTOSOLIC SMALL HSPS AND THERMOTOLERANCE IN TRANSGENIC PLANTS. Jennifer Corrigan 12. THE IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE EFFECTS AND BIOCHEMISTRY OF TUMOR EXPRESSED ALBUMIN

(TEA). Jane Davis, Angela Romanoski 13. INVESTIGATION INTO THE MECHANISM OF PHARMACOLOGIC INDUCTION OF FETAL

HEMOGLOBIN. Tiffany Davis 14. EFFECTS OF VOLUNTARY EXERCISE TRAINING ON INSULIN ACTION IN THE HYPERTENSIVE

AND INSULIN-RESISTANT TG(mREN2)27 RAT. Cody Diehl 15. SUPPLEMENTATION OF PROBIOTIC BACTERIA PREVENTS THE DEVELOPMENT OF COLITIS IN

SCID MICE. Sarah Doelle 16. ISOLATION OF A BRASSINOSTEROID BIOSYNTHESIS MUTANT WITH A THERMOTOLERANCE

DEFECT. Mindy Escobar 17. DURA SUBSTITUTION IN THE RABBIT: COMPARISON OF A NOVEL BIOMATERIAL WITH TWO

CLINICALLY APPROVED MATERIALS. Michael French 18. STUDY OF SPECIATION AND NATURAL SELECTION IN BDELLOID ROTIFERS USING THE

CONSERVED SECONDARY STRUCTURE OF ITS AND 5.8S RNA. Marlea Gemmel 19. GENE EXPRESSION PROFILE OF HUMAN UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD STEM CELLS.

Veronica Gonzalez 20. INDUCTION OF ALPHA 6P INTEGRIN IN ACTIVATED T-LYMPHOCYTES. Albert Gutierrez 21. MOLECULAR AND FUNCTIONAL COMPARISON OF 1,25(OH)2D3 AND THE NOVEL VITAMIN D

RECEPTOR LIGAND, LITHOCOLIC ACID, IN ACTIVATING CYP3A4 TRANSCRIPTION. Neal Hall 22. THE HUMAN P AND MATP GENES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH VARIATIONS IN HUMAN

CONSTITUTIVE PIGMENTATION. Miquia Henderson 23. IMMUNOGENICITY OF POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL (PEG)-BASED HYDROGEL SEALANT IN

LAPAROSCOPIC PORCINE PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY. Wyatt Ho 24. TETRACHLOROETHYLENE ANAEROBIC DEGRADATION IN THE PRESENCE OF DIFFERENT

REDOX MEDIATORS BY GRANULAR SLUDGE. Ana Hoffnagle 25. ANATOMICAL CIRCUITS UNDERLYING THE FREQUENCY MAP IN THE AUDITORY THALAMUS.

Michael Holmes 26. CONSTRUCTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A SAFE AND EFFECTIVE GENE THERAPY

EXPRESSION VECTOR FOR CANCER GENE THERAPY. Melba Jaramillo 27. DOWNREGULATED ANTIOXIDANT DEFENSIVE ENZYME EXPRESSION IS CORRELATED WITH

POOR SURVIVAL IN DIFFUSE LARGE B-CELL LYMPHOMA. David Johnson 28. DIFFERENT FUNCTIONAL IMPACT OF TWO COMMON VITAMIN D RECEPTOR GENE

POLYMORPHISMS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR LONG-TERM OSTEOPOROSIS RISK. Magdalena Kaczmarska

29. BONE REMODELING TRENDS IN CALBINDIN-D28K KNOCKOUT MICE. Devin Kim 30. NUCLEOTIDE VARIABILITY IN A KURDISH JEW POPULATION AT G6PD, A TARGET OF SELECTION

BY MALARIA IN HUMANS. Julia Kim 31. CHARACTERIZATION OF CUSF, A NOVEL COPPER BINDING PROTEIN FOUND IN THE PERIPLASM

OF E. COLI. Josh Kittleson 32. FATIGUING STIMULATION OF GHOST CRAB EXTENSOR CARPOPODITE IS NOT ACCOMPANIED

BY AN ACCUMULATION OF INORGANIC PHOSPHATE IN MUSCLE HOMOGENATES. Vanessa Klee 33. EFFECTS OF MUC1 ON THE DEGRADATION OF EGFR IN BREAST CANCER. Wendy Knowlton 34. GENOME-BASED RNA INTERFERENCE SCREEN IDENTIFIES CUP-2, A PROTEIN THAT

REGULATES ENDOCYTOSIS IN CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS. Sarah Knuth 35. INTROGRESSION OF ABPA, A CANDIDATE GENE FOR REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION, IN A HYBRID

ZONE BETWEEN MUS MUSCULUS AND MUS DOMESTICUS. Alana Kurosaki 36. THE CYCLO-OXGENASE 2-SELECTIVE INHIBITOR, CELECOXIB, MEDIATES GROWTH INHIBITION

IN BREAST CANCER CELL LINES VIA DIVERSE PATHWAYS. Michelle LaGioia 37. MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF CHR120 IN ZEA MAYS. Salomon Leija 38. STABLE EXPRESSION OF DS-RED FLUORSCENT PROTEIN IN MOUSE SARCOMA CCL-11 CELLS

IN A BONE CANCER MODEL. Xin Luo

39. THE ROLE OF RAF-1 IN cAMP OVERSHOOT. Cristian Madar 40. PREDATORY BEHAVIORS OF NATURAL ENEMIES OF WHITEFLY IN NEW COTTON CULTIVARS.

Katie Maish 41. PROLIFERATION OF HUMAN SKIN CELLS UNDER OXIDATIVE STRESS. Brittany Martin 42. VELCADE INDUCES CELL DEATH BY INDUCING ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM STRESS AND

CALCIUM-MEDIATED MITOCHONDRIAL PERTURBATION. Christina Megli 43. PHYLOGEOGRAPHY AND POPULATION STRUCTURE OF AEDES AEGYPTI IN ARIZONA. Sam

Merrill 44. DEVELOPMENTAL DIFFERENCES IN ESTIMATES OF SEXUAL RISK AND BENEFITS AMONG

ADOLESCENTS: A FUZZY-TRACE THEORY ANALYSIS. Kirsten Metz, Jennifer Roberts 45. MENTAL MAPPING INERTIA. Retsina Meyer 46. REVERSE GENETIC ANALYSIS OF THE EXTRACELLULAR DOMAIN OF THE RECEPTOR KINASE

BRASSINOSTEROID INSENSITIVE 1 (BRI1) IN Arabidopsis thaliana. Rene Michel 47. ARC PROTEIN EXPRESSION AFTER SPATIAL EXPLORATION. Dalia Mikhael 48. INVOLVEMENT OF THE AMYGDALA IN MEMORY CONSOLIDATION OF A PLACE-DEPENDENT

EYEBLINK CONDITIONING TASK. Heather Milliken 49. IDENTIFYING AND MAPPING MUTATIONS AFFECTING FRUIT SIZE IN Arabidopsis thaliana.

Andrea Mitchell 50. THE ROLE OF ACETOBACTER DIAZOTROPHICUS IN THE GROWTH OF ASPARAGUS. Payam

Morgan 51. FORWARD MUTAGENESIS TO IDENTIFY GENES IMPORTANT IN DIM 7 ROLE IN RTK SIGNALING.

Ian Musil 52. FINDING GENES INVOLVED IN SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY IN DROSOPHILA. Zaneta Navratilova 53. FINDING THE PLANT GENES RESPONSIBLE FOR FRUIT DEVELOPMENT IN ARABIDOPSIS

THALIANA. Danielle Nevarez 54. THE MCGURK EFFECT AND LANGUAGE DISORDERED CHILDREN. Mary Pankratz 55. MUSCLE SPECIFIC RING FINGER-2 (MURF-2) HAS MULTIPLE SUBCELLULAR LOCALIZATIONS

AND IS REQUIRED FOR MICROTUBULE, INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT, AND SARCOMERIC M-LINE STRUCTURE IN STRIATED MUSCLE. Cynthia Perry

56. CHARACTERIZATION OF EYE3 IN CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII. Michael Pham 57. CYCLIN D1 AND PCNA EXPRESSION IN COLORECTAL CANCER. Veronica Placencio 58. EFFERENT CONTROL OF THE AUDITORY SYSTEM IN HUMAN LISTENERS. Kristin Robinson 59. CHEMOLITHOTROPHIC DENITRIFICATION LINKED TO SULFOXIDATOIN IN CONTINUOUS

BIOREACTORS. Pieter Rowlette

60. EFFECTS OF GINGER EXTRACTS ON COX-2 ENZYME EXPRESSION AND ACTIVITY. Mansi Sarihan 61. BEHAVIORAL EXPRESSION OF DELAYED EARLY RESPONSE GENES IN THE RAT HIPPOCAMPUS.

Michael Schaner 62. SYNTHESIS OF BENZYL ETHER AND BENZYL AMINE DENDRONS FOR DISASSEMBLY STUDIES.

Charles Shanahan 63. EARLY STAGE SYNAPTOGENESIS IN THE OLFACTORY LOBE OF Manduca sexta.

Cassandra Sutterfield 64. ANALYSIS OF RENAL INNER MEDULLARY COLLECTING DUCT GENE EXPRESSION IN

AQUAPORIN KNOCKOUT MICE. Katherine Taylor-Garcia 65. DIVERSIFICATION OF THE SYMBIONTS OF LEAFHOPPERS. Phat Tran 66. THE EFFECTS OF BACTERIA AND TLCK ON HEMOCYTE MORPHOLOGY OF Manduca sexta.

Hung Tran 67. IDENTIFICATION OF PROTEINS THAT INTERACTS WITH CUP-5. Sebastian Treusch 68. INVESTIGATING THE FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES OF NEBULIN USING siRNA ANALYSIS.

Melinda Valichnac 69. PRECISION-CUT RAT LIVER SLICE TECHNOLOGY: EFFECTS OF CARBON DIOXIDE VS. “RAT MIX”

ANESTHESIA. Amanda Valles 70. INCREASED PLATELET-NEUTROPHIL CONJUGATE FORMATION DEMONSTRATES THAT

DIABETIC BLOOD IS MORE REACTIVE TO THE EFFECTS OF SURGERY. Reina Watanabe 71. METHYLATION STATUS OF THE P16 CPG ISLAND IN SPUTUM SAMPLES FROM THE ARIZONA

CANCER CENTER SELENIUM-LUNG CANCER PREVENTION TRIAL. Autumn Watson 72. AUTOLYSIS OF CALPAIN. Amanda Wendt 73. MAP-BASED CLONING OF ARABIDOPSIS THERMOTOLERANCE MUTANTS. Chris Wei 74. EXPRESSION OF H2AX IN STRESSED COLONIC TISSUE. Megan Wilson 75. EFFECTS OF ADDING PLANT HORMONES TO A HYDROPONICS NUTRIENT SOLUTION. Travis

Lopez

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UNDERGRADUATE BIOLOGY RESEARCH PROGRAMUNDERGRADUATE BIOLOGY RESEARCH PROGRAM

20032003--20042004

UNDERGRADUATE BIOLOGY RESEARCH PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS AND FACULTY SPONSORS

2003-2004

UNDERGRADUATE FACULTY SPONSOR Andrew Abrams Dr. Nicholas Strausfeld Gautam Aggarwal Dr. Douglas Lake Iram Ahmad Dr. Robert Erickson Shahid Ahmad Dr. Jamie Collins Lacey Alhandy Dr. Leslie Tolbert Elena Antonio Dr. Ralph Fregosi Kelly Arwari Dr. Joseph Mills Nafisseh Baradaran Dr. Jamie Collins Dawn Barnes Dr. Carol Barnes, Dr. John Osterhout

Liese Beenken Dr. Kim Ogden Aaron Brandis Dr. Emmanuelle Meuillet-May Amanda Brown Dr. Ralph Fregosi David Caretto Dr. Judith Ulreich

Steven Carey Dr. Jesse Martinez Susheela Carroll Dr. Chris Rensing Amanda Casale Dr. Bruce McNaughton Andrew Chang Dr. Sandra Gendler Janet Chen Dr. Travis Huxman

Anindita Das Dr. William Montfort Jane Davis Dr. Michael Graner Samuel Day Dr. Robert Gillies James Deer Dr. Valerie Bontrager,

Dr. Raphael Gruener Cody Diehl Dr. Erik Henriksen Sarah Doelle Dr. Bohuslav Dvorak, Dr. Hana Kozakova Melissa Drake Dr. Gail Burd Kristina Eichhorst Dr. Mark Haussler Molly Engelhard Dr. Valerie Bontrager Aluvia Escalante Dr. Steve Stratton Margaret Flowers Dr. Natalia Ignatenko John French Dr. Gail Burd Michael French Dr. Judith Ulreich Heather Gray Dr. Robert Gillies, Dr. Sebastian Cerdan Marlea Gemmel Dr. William Birky Julia Gerace Dr. Valerie Bontrager,

Dr. Karen Schumaker

Maey Gharbiah Dr. Douglas Lake Aaron Goldberg Dr. Xiu-Bao Chang,

Dr. Raymond Runyan, Susan Greenhut Dr. Eric Vu, Dr. Parker Antin Neal Hall Dr. Mark Haussler Wyatt Ho Dr. Judith Ulreich Michael Holmes Dr. Nate McMullen Jennifer Hoy Dr. Gail Burd, Dr. Sigrun Korsching Shawn Jackson Dr. Robert Sloviter Melba Jaramillo Dr. David Harris

PARTICIPANTS AND FACULTY SPONSORS, Continued

2003-2004

UNDERGRADUATE FACULTY SPONSOR David Johnson Dr. Margaret Briehl Keta Joshipura Dr. Valerie Bontrager Magdalena Kaczmarska Dr. Mark Haussler Salma Kaochar Dr. Roy Parker, Dr. Tim Sterns Adrienne Kiehle Dr. Eric Vu, Dr. Danzhou Yang Devin Kim Dr. Li Wen Lai Julia Kim Dr. Michael Nachman Josh Kittleson Dr. Megan McEvoy Vanessa Klee Dr. Randy Weinstein Wendy Knowlton Dr. Joyce Schroeder Sarah Knuth Dr. Hanna Fares Yulia Krotova Dr. Scot Ebbinghaus Alana Kurosaki Dr. Michael Nachman Michelle LaGioia Dr. Pinku Mukherjee Emily Landeen Dr. John Hildebrand Pick-Wei Lau Dr. Victor Hruby, Dr. Michael Brown Cary Leung Dr. Robert Arnold Erin Lindstedt Dr. Bruce McNaughton Stephen Lu Dr. Michael Wells Xin Luo Dr. Josephine Lai Cristian Madar Dr. Henry Yamamura Katherine Maish Dr. James Hagler Laura Mayer Dr. Michael Hammer Reid McCarty Dr. Michael Cusanovich Christina Megli Dr. Terry Landowski Samuel Merrill Dr. Henry Hagedorn Benjamin Metelits Dr. Murray Brilliant Kirsten Metz Dr. Valerie Reyna

Retsina Meyer Dr. Bruce McNaughton, Dr. Edvard Moser Rene Michel Dr. Frans Tax Dalia Mikhael Dr. Carol Barnes Heather Milliken Dr. Carol Barnes Andrea Mitchell Dr. Frans Tax Ray Moellering Dr. Eugene Mash Payam Morgan Dr. Christina Kennedy,

Dr. David Galbraith Clinton Musil Dr. Danny Brower Ian Musil Dr. Danny Brower Zaneta Navratilova Dr. Mani Ramaswami Danielle Nevarez Dr. Frans Tax, Dr. Cristina Ferrandiz Megan Nyboer Dr. Yves Carriere Annetta Odeh Dr. Linda Meade-Tollin Mary Pankratz Dr. Elena Plante Chirag Patel Dr. Mani Ramaswami Cynthia Perry Dr. Carol Gregorio Alexandra Poncius Dr. Daniel Stamer

PARTICIPANTS AND FACULTY SPONSORS, Continued 2003-2004

UNDERGRADUATE FACULTY SPONSOR Jennifer Roberts Dr. Valerie Reyna Jennifer Roll Dr. Elliot Epner, Dr. Zhongguo Xiong Mary Romanoski Dr. Michael Graner Kristopher Rosburg Dr. Chris Appleton Pieter Rowlette Dr. Jim Field Mansi Sarihan Dr. Eric Vu, Dr. Clark Lantz Michael Schaner Dr. Carol Barnes Elizabeth Schneider Dr. Margaret Smith Samantha Serey Dr. Jamie Collins Nehal Shah Dr. Ron Lukas, Dr. Paul McDonagh Charles Shanahan Dr. Dominic McGrath Thaddeus Smith Dr. Indraneel Ghosh Jennifer Spangle Dr. Michael Hammer Nicholas Stea Dr. Emmanuel Meuillet-May Jha’Nae Stoffer Dr. David Smith, Dr. Roger Miesfeld Aldrich Sy Dr. Todd Camenisch, Dr. Gary Wenk Shirley Tang Dr. Ron Lukas Stephanie Tang Dr. Danny Brower

Katherine Taylor-Garcia Dr. Heddwen Brooks Hung Tran Dr. Elizabeth Willott Sebastian Treusch Dr. Hanna Fares Bhumi Trivedi Dr. Rodney Adam Melinda Valichnac Dr. Carol Gregorio Amanda Valles Dr. Judith Ulreich Reina Watanabe Dr. Paul McDonagh Amanda Wendt Dr. Darrel Goll Megan Wilson Dr. Katerina Dvorakova

UBRP/MINORITY ACCESS TO RESEARCH CAREERS (MARC) STUDENTS

2003-2004

UNDERGRADUATE FACULTY SPONSOR Chris Cabello Dr. Victor Hruby Rowena Campbell Dr. Jamie Collins Tiffany Davis Dr. Nafees Ahmad Veronica Gonzalez Dr. David Harris Albert Guttierez Dr. Anne Cress Miquia Henderson Dr. Murray Brilliant Saloman Carlos Leija Dr. Vicki Chandler

MARC STUDENTS, Continued

2003-2004 UNDERGRADUATE FACULTY SPONSOR Brittany Martin Dr. Elaine Jacobson Linda Mobula Dr. Michael Wells Veronica Placencio Dr. Mark Nelson Kristin Robinson Dr. Theodore Glattke Sky Watson Dr. Bernard Futscher

UBRP VISITING STUDENT RESEARCHERS

2003

BRAVO!

SARAH DOELLE

Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Institute of Microbiology Novy Hrádek, Czech Republic

Worked with Dr. Hana Kozakova in the Department of Immunology and Gnotobiology

HEATHER GRAY Instituto de Investigaciones Biomedicas

Madrid, Spain Worked with Dr. Sebastian Cerdan in the Laboratory of Imaging and Spectroscopy by Magnetic Resonance

JENNIFER HOY University of Koln Koln, Germany

Worked with Dr. Sigrun Korsching in the Institute for Genetics

RETSINA MEYER Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Trondheim, Norway Worked with Dr. Edvard Moser in the Center for the Biology of Memory

DANIELLE NEVAREZ Instituto de Biologia Molecular y Celular de Plantas

Valencia, Spain Worked with Dr. Cristina Ferrandiz in the Department of Developmental Biology

MARGARETHE STRINGHAM Cayetano-Heredia University and P.R.I.S.M.A.

Lima, Peru Worked with Dr. Robert Gilman in the Department of International Health

LEAH TATUM University of Florence

Florence, Italy

Worked with Dr. Giancarlo Pepeu in the Department of Pharmacology

ERIC YIP Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador

Quito, Ecuador Worked with Dr. Patricio Ponce in the Department of Biological Sciences

BRAVO! DATABLITZES 2003

DAVID CARETTO BRAVO! Participant

“Systemic Sclerosis, Switzerland, and Schoggi (Chocolate)”

and

HARDEEP PHULL BRAVO! Participant

“Isolating cDNA and the Letter ‘Z’ in Bydgoszcz”

February 28, 2003

ROBERT SCHMITZ BRAVO! Participant

“Fishing for Biological Partners in Toronto, Canada”

and

JENNIFER TALLEY BRAVO! Participant

“Poking Fruit Flies in Sweden”

April 14, 2003

JENNIFER HOY BRAVO! Participant

“Functional Analysis of Odorant Receptor-Ligand Interactions in Zebrafish”

June 30, 2003

HEATHER GRAY

BRAVO! Participant

“Futyle Cycling of Lactate Through the Plasma Membrane of Glioma Cells as Detected by 2H-13C NMR in Madrid, Spain”

July 7, 2003

ERIC YIP BRAVO! Participant

“Comparative Studies on Colony Size and Prey Capture in Anelosimus-Ecuador”

September 3, 2003

BRAVO! DATABLITZES 2003, continued

RETSINA MEYER BRAVO! Participant

“Morphing in the Midnight Sun”

and

CHERYL SIBLEY ALBOYLD

Graduate Programs Coordinator, Mayo Graduate School

“An Overview of the Mayo Clinic Graduate Programs Offered in Scottsdale” September 22, 2003

MARGARETHE STRINGHAM BRAVO! Participant

“The Molecular Epidemiology of Giardia duodenalis in Humans and Dogs”

and

SARAH DOELLE

BRAVO! Participant

“Probiotics, Potatoes, and Pivo”

and

ALICE NAVRATILOVA

BRAVO! Participant from the University of South Bohemia

“Three-Dimensional Organization of Satellite DNAs in Interphase Nuclei of Selected Vicia Species”

November 18, 2003

EXPLORING TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH AND MEDICINE (ExTrReMe) SEMINARS

2003

DR. LINDA RESTIFO Associate Professor, Neurobiology and UBRP Faculty Sponsor

“Bridge Over Troubled Waters, The Cultural Divide Between Science and Medicine:

Barriers to Translational Research?” January 22, 2003

DR. RICH JORGENSEN Professor, Plant Sciences and UBRP Faculty Sponsor

“Of Plants and Men: Gene Silencing”

February 26, 2003

DR. JOHN C. RACY Professor, Psychiatry

“Humanism and Medicine in the Real World”

March 26, 2003

UBRP SEMINARS 2003

DEBORAH BLUM Professor Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin, Madison

“Love at Goon Park: Harry Harlow and the Science of Affection”

March 6, 2003

DR. STEPHEN E. CORNELL Director, The Udall Center

“Why Are Some American Indian Nations More Successful Economically Than Others?

(It May Not be What You Think)” April 4, 2003

DR. STUART WILLIAMS UBRP Faculty Sponsor

“Man in a Box: Bioengineering”

June 17, 2003

MICK JENSEN Director of Communication, Institute of Biomedical Science and Biotechnology

“Write Your Own Press Release: Communicating About Science to the Media”

July 1, 2003

DR. ELIZABETH MACNEILL Medical Director, Pima County Health Department

“Smallpox Immunization: The Pros and Cons”

July 15, 2003

DR. LESLIE BOYER

Medical Director, Arizona Poison Drug Information Center

and

DR. GRETA BINFORD Assistant Professor Biology, Lewis & Clark College

“The Continum of Research into Pr actice: Brown Spider Venom”

July 22, 2003

UBRP SEMINARS 2003, continued

WILL SEWELL AND ROBERT SCHMITZ PhD Students

and

DR. LESLIE TOLBERT

Graduate Selection Committee Member

“Unraveling the Mysteries of Graduate School” July 29, 2003

DR. MICHAEL WELLS Regents Professor Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics

“Elements of a Scientific Poster” and “Making a Scientific Presentation”

June 24 and September 9, 2003

STEPHEN LU UBRPer in Dr. Michael Wells’ Laboratory, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics

“Neutral Lipid Trafficking Differentiates Niemann-Pick C (NPC) 1 from NPC2 Mutant”

and

HUNG TRAN

UBRPer in Dr. Elizabeth Willott’s Laboratory, Entomology

“The Effects of Bacteria and TLCK on Hemocyte Morphology of Manduca sexta” November 20, 2003

UBRP FIELD TRIPS AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES 2003

May Orientation Picnic

BioEthics Retreat Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Tour

June Annual Saguaro Harvest with Stella Tucker, our Tohono O’odham guide July Biosphere II Tour Karchner Caverns

Tumacacori National Historical Park Mission/River Ecology Colossal Cave Hike the Chiricahuas Hike Ramsey Canyon / Bird Watching August Poster Session and Closing Ceremony for NSF REU Students October Fulbright/UBRP Fall Reception November Hike Ramsey Canyon

III.

DONORSDONORS

TO THE TO THE

UNDERGRADUATE BIOLOGY UNDERGRADUATE BIOLOGY

RESEARCH PROGRAMRESEARCH PROGRAM

DONORS TO THE UNDERGRADUATE BIOLOGY RESEARCH PROGRAM 2003

Contributions to the Undergraduate Biology Research Program came from three sources this year: contributions from program alumni in response to our appeal to build an endowment; contributions through the University’s annual fundraising campaign; and contributions in memory of Dr. David C. Rowe, longtime UBRP faculty sponsor and world-renowned behavior geneticist, who died February 2, 2003. List is updated through December 16, 2003. Contributions from Alumni Dr. Kevin Bonine Dr. Brenda Gardner-Cortes Ms. Olivia Oehrle-Steele Mr. Dustin Boyer Mr. Paul Hoover Ms. Nehal Shah Mr. Sam Chia Mr. Eric Kofed Dr. Robert West Ms. Adria Decker Mr. Kirk McGettigan Ms. Paula Williams Ms. Margaret Flowers Dr. Janna LaRue Mundt UA Cares Campaign Carol Bender Contributions in Memory of Dr. David C. Rowe Dr. and Mrs. David Allison Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kenney Dr. John and Mrs. Jannette Law Dr. Denise Krawitz Mr. And Mrs. Phillip Austin Drs. Yeong-Hau and Li-Wen Lai Dr. David Bellows Dr. Mary Beth Marks Mr. And Mrs. Robert Bender Dr. Brint Milward and Mrs. Jill Bemis Ms. Susan Bennett Ms. Kerri Modry Blair Corporation Dr. Hiroshi Nakato Dr. Richard Bootzin Mr. and Mrs. Lee Olitzky Mrs. Lorene Calder Drs. Wayne Osgood and Jan Jacobs Dr. Rochelle Canter Ms. Risa Owens Mr. And Mrs. John Carlson Dr. John Palmer Mr. Brian Catts and Mrs. Roxie Catts Ms. Maxine Phillips Dr. Donna Christensen and Mr. Brian Christensen Drs. Gene Sander and Louise Canfield Dr. James Clarke Dr. Paul Schenker Dr. and Mrs. Christopher Cunniff Ms. Ellen Shenkarow Dr. Lee Ellis Drs. Eric and Andrea Schindler Dr. and Mrs. Robert Erickson Dr. Justin Schmidt Ms. Susan Felsenfeld Drs. Nick and Camilla Strausfeld Genentech, Inc. Dr. Shirley Jo Taylor Mr. James George Jr. Drs. Leslie Tolbert and Paul St. John Ms. Anne Gowin Mr. and Mrs. Charles Van Norden II Ms. Patricia Gross Dr. Judith Ulreich Ms. Judy Harris Dr. Elizabeth Vierling Drs. Jennifer Hall and David Mount Ms. Virginia Vorhis Drs. Martha Hawes and Hans Van Etten Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Wylie Ms. Colleen Horne Mr. Jon and Mrs. Karen Young Mr. Edvard Jorgensen Mr. and Mrs. John Zawacki Dr. and Mrs. Keisuke Kamimura Dr. Charles and Mrs. Pam Katzenberg Dr. Christina Kennedy

Contributions to the program can be made at any time and are deeply appreciated. Our long range goal is to build an endowment for UBRP so that future UA students will have the opportunity to learn science by doing research. Checks should be made payable to “The University of Arizona Foundation” and “UBRP Fund” should be written in the memo section of the check. Checks can be sent to the College of Science Development Office, Gould Simpson, room 1025, PO Box 210077, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721-0077.

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OUTREACH PROGRAMS OUTREACH PROGRAMS

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BIOLOGYBIOLOGY

THE MANDUCA PROJECT For the past twelve years, the Department of Biochemistry has been engaged in an elementary school, educational outreach program known as “The Manduca Project.” The program was developed through the collaborative efforts of many teachers and scientists. Development was guided by the philosophy that teachers are the educational experts and scientists are resources ripe for exploitation. The Manduca Project, although originally intended as a science project on insect development, has evolved into an integrative program involving lessons in mathematics, art, science, computer technology, and the language arts. Graduate students and research associates, especially women and Hispanic scientists, routinely visit the local schools to provide information and to serve as role models. Since its inception, hundreds of children have taken part in the project. Teachers report that the children become so excited with the caterpillars and their lessons that they involve their parents in the project. Additional information on the The Manduca Project can be found on the web: http://www.manducaproject.com. Elementary school teachers can obtain the knowledge and materials to conduct the project in their classrooms, including where to order Manduca sexta eggs and diet. In July 2003, a week-long workshop for elementary school teachers was offered at the University, taught by TUSD teachers, Patricia Weaver, Curriculum Specialist, Mission View Elementary School, and Cecilia Valenzuela, 5th grade teacher, Davis Bilingual Elementary School. Both teachers have considerable experience in running this project and have developed a broad range of interdisciplinary approaches to the study of the Manduca sexta and its life cycle in the elementary curriculum. Seventeen teachers from ten elementary schools and four school districts participated. Listed below are the teachers who took the summer workshop.

2003 Manduca Project Teachers

Kathy Angelo – Lifelong Learning Academy Brook Beam – CATTS Fellow, Khalsa Montessori School

Elvira Bustamante – Hollinger Elementary School Victoria Carstensen – Esperanza Elementary School

April Childs – CATTS Fellow, Khalsa Montessori School Sandy Cohen – Cragin Elementary School

Paige Confino – Roberts Elementary School Maria Critso – Hollinger Elementary School Maria Cruz – Hollinger Elementary School

Laurel Gonnason – Casas Christian Elementary School Casondra Martinez – Jefferson Park Elementary School

Jackie Neumann – Roberts Elementary School Christina Perin – Cavett Elementary School

Julie Reinhart – Doolen Middle School Leticia Romo – CE Rose Elementary School Linda Trejo – Hollinger Elementary School

Graciela Varela – Hollinger Elementary School

VISITING STUDENT RESEARCHERS SUMMER 2003

The Undergraduate Biology Research Program, in an effort to make the resources of the institution available to undergraduate science majors at other institutions, particularly small liberal arts colleges, offers a 12-week summer research program for non-UA students. Funding for this program comes from the National Science Foundation and the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. Listed below are the students who were Visiti ng Student Researchers for the summer of 2003, with their home institutions and UA faculty sponsors.

Patrick Blake Ohio Wesleyan University, Ohio

Dr. Joy Winzerling, Nutritional Sciences

Kelli Davis The College of New Jersey, New Jersey

Dr. Roger Miesfeld, Biochemistry

Jennifer Leader Washington State University, Washington

Dr. Li Wen Lai, Medicine

Janice Lopez University of Notre Dame, Indiana

Dr. Bernard Futcher, Pharmacology

Sarah McBeth Muskingum College, Ohio

Dr. Richard Friedman, Microbiology & Immunology

Yesenia Rojas University of St. Thomas, Texas

Dr. Ronald Lynch, Physiology & Pharmacology

Rocco Serrao Washington & Jefferson College, Pennsylvania

Dr. Alan Nighorn, ARL-Neurobiology

Emily Williams

Chestnut Hill College, Pennsylvania Dr. Jesse Martinez, Radiation Oncology

SCIENCE CONNECTION

Science Connection, initiated in 1991 by UBRP participant Robert West, is an outreach program to pre-college classrooms in the Tucson metropolitan area that is in its 19th semester. The goal of Science Connection is to help undergraduates share their enthusiasm for science with children and to make the undergraduates aware of current issues in science education and teaching as a possible career choice. The main thrust of the program is for undergraduate students to visit local schools to do hands-on science activities on topics that range from astronomy through zoology. Information about the course (MCB 491) and volunteer program can be found at the Science Connection webpage <http://student.biology.arizona.edu/sciconn/>.

2003 Science Connection Participants

Jason Anderson Julie Bordowitz

Belmund Catague Andrew Chang

Nanibaa Garrison Christopher Hammond

Stephanie Hartz David Horner

Edlyn Eun-Young Jon Monica Kim

Natalie Le-cong Mitesh Patel

Cynthia Perry Marcy Rosen

Anna Marie Sjursen Tiffany Tang

Monica Vasquez David Wood